Medium for preparing a neural cell and usage thereof

ABSTRACT

Usage of a protein kinase inhibitor in preparing a neural cell from a differentiated non-neural cell is provided.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority and benefits of Chinese PatentApplication No. 201410367556.4, filed with State Intellectual PropertyOffice on Jul. 29, 2014, the entire content of which is incorporatedherein by reference.

FIELD

The present disclosure relates to biomedical field, particularly tomedium for preparing a neural cell and usage thereof, more particularlyto usage of a protein kinase inhibitor in preparing a neural cell from adifferentiated non-neural cell, a method for preparing a neural cell, akit for preparing neural cell, usage of a kit for preparing neural cell,a kind of neural cell or their derivative, usage of a kind of neuralcell or their derivative in preparing drug for the treatment of centralnervous system disorder and spinal cord injury.

BACKGROUND

Central nervous system (CNS) disorders, such as Alzheimer's Disease(AD), Parkinsin's Disease (PD), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS),Multiple Sclerosis (MS), and Leukodystrophies, affect millions of peopleworldwide and most of CNS diseases currently have no cure.Transplantation of neural cells has been demonstrated in non-humanprimates and rodents to be a very promising therapeutic strategy fortreating CNS disorders. However, cell therapy requires high quality andlarge quantities of primary neural cells that are not readilyobtainable. Different methods have been developed during last twodecades to produce neural cells in vitro. These technologies includegeneration of neural cells from human embryonic stem cells (hESC), frominduced human pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC), and from direct conversionof somatic cells. There are several limitations to existing art. Forexample, neural cells derived from hESC encounter the safety issue dueto potential tumorgenesis caused by residual hESC in the differentiatedproducts as well as immune rejection issue due to allogeneictransplantation. hiPSC can be obtained from specific patients and thusalleviate the immunorejection issue, but like hESC, it still encountersthe safety issue.

Recently, the field of direct somatic lineage conversion has attractedmuch attention. In 2010, Wernig's group first demonstrated that a set oftranscription factors can convert fibroblasts into neurons. Severallaboratories have used various neural factors and microRNAs to generatefibroblast-neuron conversion. Very recently, it was reported thatover-expression transcription factors can mediate reprogramming of mousefibroblasts to myelinogenic OPCs. Thus, direct fibroblast-OPC conversionprovides an alternative, potentially complementary, tool to many of theproposed applications of hESC/hiPSC technology for both disease modelingand development of cell-based therapies. Direct conversion orreprogramming has a number of advantages, including: the time requiredto generate, expand and differentiate pluripotent cells is avoided, andthe postmitotic state of induced neural cells has a much lower risk ofcancer and teratoma formation. Therefore, neural cells derived fromdirect conversion of fibroblasts have been favored for autologoustransplantation. However, all reports on direct conversion of somaticcells into neural cells have been using transcription factors, whichoften involve lengthy conversion procedure and are regarded not safe dueto integration of viral vector sequence into the genome.

SUMMARY

The present disclosure directs to solve at least one of the problemsexisting in the prior art. For this purpose, usage of a protein kinaseinhibitor in preparing a neural cell from a differentiated non-neuralcell, a method for preparing a neural cell, a kit for preparing neuralcell, usage of a kit for preparing neural cell, a kind of neural cell ortheir derivative, and usage of a kind of neural cell or their derivativein preparing drug for the treatment of central nervous system disorderand spinal cord injury are provided.

In one aspect of present disclosure, usage of a protein kinase inhibitorin preparing a neural cell from a differentiated non-neural cell isprovided.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the protein kinaseinhibitor is at least one selected from the group consisting of ROCKinhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor andimmunosuppresants.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the protein kinaseinhibitor is at least one selected from the group consisting of ROCKinhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor andimmunosuppresants, and preferably the protein kinase inhibitor is atlease selected from the group consisting of Y27632, Palomid 529,LY294002, PF562271 and rapamycin.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the neural cell is atleast one selected from the group consisting of oligodendrocyteprogenitor cell, mature oligodendrocyte, neuron and astrocyte.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the differentiatednon-neural cell is at least one selected from the group consisting ofhuman cell, fibroblast cell, epithelial cell, adult cell and neonatalcell.

In a second broad aspect of present disclosure, a method for preparing aneural cell is provided, and according to embodiments of presentdisclosure, the method may comprise: culturing a differentiatednon-neural cell in the present of a protein kinase inhibitor.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the protein kinaseinhibitor is at least one selected from the group consisting of ROCKinhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor andimmunosuppresants.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the protein kinaseinhibitor is at least one selected from the group consisting of ROCKinhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor andimmunosuppresants, and preferably the protein kinase inhibitor is atlease selected from the group consisting of Y27632, Palomid 529,LY294002, PF562271 and rapamycin.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the neural cell is atleast one selected from the group consisting of oligodendrocyteprogenitor cell, mature oligodendrocyte, neuron and astrocyte.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the differentiatednon-neural cell is at least one selected from the group consisting ofhuman cell, fibroblast cell, epithelial cell, adult cell and neonatalcell.

In a third broad aspect of present disclosure, a kit is provided, andaccording to embodiments of present disclosure, the kit may comprise: afirst medium, the first medium may comprise: a first basic medium, aprotein kinase inhibitor, BDNF, NT3, VPA, dbcAMP, and retinoic acid,wherein the protein kinase inhibitor is at least one selected from thegroup consisting of ROCK inhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor,FAK inhibitor and immunosuppresants.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the kit may furthercomprises: a second medium, or/and, a third medium, wherein the secondmedium comprises: a second basic medium, a protein kinase inhibitor,N-2, B-27 without vitamin A, Glutamax, SHH, FGF2, PDGF-AA, and retinoicacid, the third medium comprises: a third basic medium, a protein kinaseinhibitor, N-2, B-27 without vitamin A, Glutamax, SHH, Noggin, dbcAMP,IGF, NT3, and retinoic acid, wherein the protein kinase of the secondand third medium is independently at least one selected from the groupconsisting of ROCK inhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAKinhibitor and immunosuppresants.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the neural cell is atleast one selected from the group consisting of oligodendrocyteprogenitor cell, mature oligodendrocyte, neuron and astrocyte.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the first basic mediumis neuronal medium, the second basic medium is DMEM/F12 medium, and thethird basic medium is DMEM/F12 medium.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the protein kinaseinhibitor of the second and third medium is independently at least oneselected from the group consisting of Y27632, Palomid 529, LY294002,FPF562271 and rapamycin.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the first medium maycomprise: 5 μM-20 μM Y27632, 5 ng/ml-20 ng/ml BDNF, 5 ng/ml-20 ng/mlNT3, 0.5 mM-1.5 mM VPA, 25 μM-100 μM dbcAMP, and 0.5 μM-1 μM retinoicacid; the second medium may comprise: 5 μM-20 μM Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27without vitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 100 ng/ml-400 ng/ml SHH, 10 ng/ml-40ng/ml FGF2, 10 ng/ml-40 ng/ml PDGF-AA, and 0.5 μM-1 μM retinoic acid;the third medium may comprise: 5 μM-20 μM Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 withoutvitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 100 ng/ml-400 ng/ml SHH, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/mlNoggin, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/ml dbcAMP, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/ml IGF, 5 ng/ml-20ng/ml NT3, and 0.5 μM-1 μM retinoic acid.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the first medium maycomprise: 10 μM Y27632, 10 ng/ml BDNF, 10 ng/ml NT3, 1 mM VPA, 50 μMdbcAMP, and 0.5 μM retinoic acid; the second medium may comprise: 10 μMY27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 200 ng/ml SHH, 20ng/ml FGF2, 20 ng/ml PDGF-AA, and 0.5 μM retinoic acid; the third mediummay comprise: 10 μM Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1×Glutamax, 200 ng/ml SHH, 100 ng/ml Noggin, 100 ng/ml dbcAMP, 100 ng/mlIGF, 10 ng/ml NT3, and 0.5 μM retinoic acid.

In a fourth broad aspect of present disclosure, usage of the kit forpreparing a neural cell is provided.

In a fifth broad aspect of present disclosure, a method for preparing aneural cell is provided, and according to embodiments of presentdisclosure, the method may comprise:

culturing a differentiated non-neural cell with a first medium,

wherein the first medium may comprise: a first basic medium, a proteinkinase inhibitor, BDNF, NT3, VPA, dbcAMP, and retinoic acid, wherein theprotein kinase inhibitor is at least one selected from the groupconsisting of ROCK inhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAKinhibitor and immunosuppresants, wherein the protein kinase inhibitor isat least one selected from the group consisting of Y27632, Palomid 529,LY294002, PF562271 and rapamycin.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the method for preparinga neural cell further comprises:

Culturing the cell with a second medium or a third medium after theculturing with the first medium.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the second mediumcomprises: a second basic medium, a protein kinase inhibitor, N-2, B-27without vitamin A, Glutamax, SHH, FGF2, PDGF-AA, and retinoic acid, thethird medium comprises: a third basic medium, a protein kinaseinhibitor, N-2, B-27 without vitamin A, Glutamax, SHH, Noggin, dbcAMP,IGF, NT3, and retinoic acid, according to embodiments of presentdisclosure, the protein kinase inhibitor of the second and the thirdmedium is independently at least one selected from the group consistingof ROCK inhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor andimmunosuppresants.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the neural cell is atleast one selected from the group consisting of oligodendrocyteprogenitor cell, mature oligodendrocyte, neuron and astrocyte.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the differentiatednon-neural cell is at least one selected from the group consisting ofhuman cell, fibroblast cell, epithelial cell, adult cell and neonatalcell.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the first basic mediumis neuronal medium, the second basic medium is DMEM/F12 medium, thethird basic medium is DMEM/F12 medium.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the protein kinaseinhibitor of the second and the third medium is independently at leastone selected from the group consisting of Y27632, Palomid 529, LY294002,PF562271 and rapamycin.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the first medium maycomprise: 5 μM-20 μM Y27632, 5 ng/ml-20 ng/ml BDNF, 5 ng/ml-20 ng/mlNT3, 0.5 mM-1.5 mM VPA, 25 μM-100 μM dbcAMP, and 0.504-1 μM retinoicacid; the second medium may comprise: 50 μM-2004 Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27without vitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 100 ng/ml-400 ng/ml SHH, 10 ng/ml-40ng/ml FGF2, 10 ng/ml-40 ng/ml PDGF-AA, and 0.5 μM-1 μM retinoic acid;the third medium may comprise: 50 μM-20 μM Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 withoutvitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 100 ng/ml-400 ng/ml SHH, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/mlNoggin, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/ml dbcAMP, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/ml IGF, 5 ng/ml-20ng/ml NT3, and 0.5 μM-1 μM retinoic acid.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the first medium maycomprise: 10 μM Y27632, 10 ng/ml BDNF, 10 ng/ml NT3, 1 mM VPA, 50 μMdbcAMP, and 0.5 μM retinoic acid; the second medium may comprise: 1004Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 200 ng/ml SHH, 20ng/ml FGF2, 20 ng/ml PDGF-AA, and 0.504 retinoic acid; the third mediummay comprise: 1004 Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1× Glutamax,200 ng/ml SHH, 100 ng/ml Noggin, 100 ng/ml dbcAMP, 100 ng/ml IGF, 10ng/ml NT3, and 0.504 retinoic acid.

In a sixth broad aspect of present disclosure, a neural cell or theirderivative is provided, and according to embodiments of presentdisclosure, the neural cell or their derivative is obtainable by themethod for preparing a neural cell.

In a seventh broad aspect of present disclosure, usage of the neuralcell or their derivative in preparing a drug for the treatment ofcentral nervous system disorder and spinal cord injury is provided.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the Central nervoussystem disorder is at least one selected from the group consisting ofAlzheimer's Disease, Parkinsin's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,Multiple Sclerosis, and Leukodystrophies.

The above summary of the present disclosure is not intended to describeeach disclosed embodiment or every implementation of the presentdisclosure. The Figures and the detailed description which follow moreparticularly exemplify illustrative embodiments.

Additional aspects and advantages of embodiments of present disclosurewill be given in part in the following descriptions, become apparent inpart from the following descriptions, or be learned from the practice ofthe embodiments of the present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other aspects and advantages of embodiments of the presentdisclosure will become apparent and more readily appreciated from thefollowing descriptions made with reference the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

FIG. 1 is a graph showing the immunostaining result of iOPCs accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure,

a. Design of the screening of protein kinase inhibitor library,

b. Representative hits of kinase inhibitor. Essential hits wereidentified by OPC morphology. Images were taken on day 7 post inhibitortreatment,

c. OPC positive cells were counted by morphology and quantified on day7;

FIG. 2 is a graph showing the immunostaining result of iOPCs and iOLsaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure,

a. GFP-positive iOPCs with bi- or multiple neurites processing out ofthe cell body from Y27632-treated adult dermal fibroblasts 7 days afterinduction. The images of the right panel showed the induced O4, A2B5 andS100β-positive OPCs, b. iOPCs were cultured in the third medium todifferentiate into iOLs. The images showed the MBP, MAG and MOG-positiveOPCs;

FIG. 3 is a graph showing the result of immunostaining and Western blotaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure,

a. Western blot analysis showed that ROCK2 shRNA1 and shRNA2 aresufficient to inhibit ROCK2 expression in adult dermal fibroblasts,

b. Adult dermal fibroblasts were transduced with ROCK2 shRNA1 and thencultured in induction medium for 7 days. The images showed GFP, O4, A2B5and S100β-positive OPCs,

c. iOPCs with expressing ROCK2 shRNA1 were cultured in the third mediumto differentiate into iOLs. The images showed the MBP, MAG andMOG-positive OPCs;

FIG. 4 is a graph showing the Global gene expression profiling of iOPCsand iOLs according to an embodiment of the present disclosure,

a. Heat-map of genes differentially expressed in global RNA-microarrayanalysis performed on adult dermal fibroblasts (WT), ROCKinhibitor-iOLs, iOPCs and brain-derived positive control OPCs,

b. Hierarchical clustering;

FIG. 5 is a graph showing the result of immuno-histochemical detectionaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure,

a. ROCK inhibitor-iOPCs were injected into cuprizone-treated mice andbrains were analyzed 4 weeks later. Representative immnofluorenscentimage and matched section stained with H&E,

b. GFP/MBP-positive cells were detected in all iOPC injection sitesanalyzed (n=6). Nuclei were counterstained with DAPI (blue),

c. Confocal projection images showed that the MBP+ tube-like structuresassociate with neurofilament (NF) to wrap nerve fibers, Scale bar, 20 μm(a); 5 μm (b, c);

FIG. 6 is a graph showing the immunostaining result of IMR90 fibroblaststreated by a combination of ROCK and AKT/mTOR inhibitors according to anembodiment of the present disclosure, showing neuron specific markersTuj1, MAP2, and Synaptotagmin;

FIG. 7 is a graph showing the electrophysiological characterization ofinduced neurons according to an embodiment of the present disclosure,

a. Representative current traces (upper panel) recorded in voltage-clampmode. Cells were depolarized by voltage steps from −60 to +60 mV in10-mV increments (Δ10 mV, upper panel). The lower panel shows thecurrent-voltage (I-V) relationship for sodium current,

b. Representative traces of membrane currents recorded with a rampprotocol (lower panel, a voltage ramp from −80 mV to +60 mV over 500ms). Fast activating Na+ current were prominent,

c. Sample traces of spontaneous synaptic currents (withoutpharmacological blockers) recorded at a holding potential of −80 mV;

FIG. 8 is a graph showing the immunostaining result of IMR90 fibroblasts1 weeks after treated by a combination of ROCK and mTOR inhibitors (n=3)according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, showing astrocytespecific marker GFAP.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Reference will be made in detail to embodiments of the presentdisclosure. The embodiments described herein with reference to drawingsare explanatory, illustrative, and used to generally understand thepresent disclosure. The embodiments shall not be construed to limit thepresent disclosure. The same or similar elements and the elements havingsame or similar functions are denoted by like reference numeralsthroughout the descriptions.

In one aspect of present disclosure, usage of a protein kinase inhibitorin preparing a neural cell from a differentiated non-neural cell isprovided. Inventors found that, the protein kinase inhibitor is able toconvert the differentiated non-neural cell into the neural cellefficiently, without using any transcription factor.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the protein kinaseinhibitor is at least one selected from the group consisting of ROCKinhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor andimmunosuppresants. Using the protein kinase inhibitor can convert thedifferentiated non-neural cell into the neural cell efficiently.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the protein kinaseinhibitor is at least one selected from the group consisting of ROCKinhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor andimmunosuppresants, and preferably the protein kinase inhibitor is atlease selected from the group consisting of Y27632, Palomid 529,LY294002, PF562271 and rapamycin. The protein kinase inhibitor issufficient to reprogram the differentiated non-neural cell into theneural cell.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the neural cell is atleast one selected from the group consisting of oligodendrocyteprogenitor cell, mature oligodendrocyte, neuron and astrocyte. Theneural cell is suitable for treatment of central nervous system disorderand spinal cord injury with a much lower risk of cancer and treatomaformation.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the differentiatednon-neural cell is at least one selected from the group consisting ofhuman cell, fibroblast cell, epithelial cell, adult cell and neonatalcell. Thus, the differentiated non-neural cell can convert into theneural cell efficiently in the present of the protein kinase inhibitor.

In a second broad aspect of present disclosure, a method for preparing aneural cell is provided, and according to embodiments of presentdisclosure, the method may comprise: culturing a differentiatednon-neural cell in the present of a protein kinase inhibitor. The methodof present disclosure provides a novel and safe procedure for makinglarge quantities of neural cells for autologous cell transplantation totreat central nervous system (CNS) disorder, particularly, diseasesassociated with demyelination.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the protein kinaseinhibitor is at least one selected from the group consisting of ROCKinhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor andimmunosuppresants. Using the protein kinase inhibitor can convert thedifferentiated non-neural cell into the neural cell efficiently.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the protein kinaseinhibitor is at least one selected from the group consisting of ROCKinhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor andimmunosuppresants, and preferably the protein kinase inhibitor is atlease selected from the group consisting of Y27632, Palomid 529,LY294002, PF562271 and rapamycin. The protein kinase inhibitor issufficient to reprogram the differentiated non-neural cell into theneural cell.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the neural cell is atleast one selected from the group consisting of oligodendrocyteprogenitor cell, mature oligodendrocyte, neuron and astrocyte. Theneural cell is suitable for treatment of central nervous systemdisorders and spinal cord injury with a much lower risk of cancer andteratoma formation.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the differentiatednon-neural cell is at least one selected from the group consisting ofhuman cell, fibroblast cell, epithelial cell, adult cell and neonatalcell. Thus, the differentiated non-neural cell can convert into theneural cell efficiently in the present of the protein kinase inhibitor.

In a third broad aspect of present disclosure, a kit is provided, andaccording to embodiments of present disclosure, the kit may comprise: afirst medium, the first medium may comprise: a first basic medium, aprotein kinase inhibitor, BDNF, NT3, VPA, dbcAMP, and retinoic acid,according to embodiments of present disclosure, the protein kinaseinhibitor is at least one selected from the group consisting of ROCKinhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor andimmunosuppresants. Using the kit of present disclosure, thedifferentiated non-neural cell can be induced into the neural celldirectly. The induced neural cells expressed typical biomarkers of theirspecific cell types.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the kit may futurecomprises: a second medium, or/and, a third medium, according toembodiments of present disclosure, the second medium comprises: a secondbasic medium, a protein kinase inhibitor, N-2, B-27 without vitamin A,Glutamax, SHH, FGF2, PDGF-AA, and retinoic acid, the third mediumcomprises: a third basic medium, a protein kinase inhibitor, N-2, B-27without vitamin A, Glutamax, SHH, Noggin, dbcAMP, IGF, NT3, and retinoicacid, according to embodiments of present disclosure, the protein kinaseinhibitor of the second and third medium is independently at least oneselected from the group consisting of ROCK inhibitor, AKT/mTORinhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor and immunosuppresants. Usingthe second medium or the third medium, the differentiated non-neuralcell can convert into functional neuron or astrocyte.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the neural cell is atleast one selected from the group consisting of oligodendrocyteprogenitor cell, mature oligodendrocyte, neuron and astrocyte. Theneural cell is suitable for treatment of central nervous system disorderand spinal cord injury with a much lower risk of cancer and teratomaformation.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the first basic mediumis neuronal medium, the second basic medium is DMEM/F12 medium, thethird basic medium is DMEM/F12 medium. The basic mediums mentioned aboveare in favor of the conversion from the differentiated non-neural cellto the neural cell.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the protein kinaseinhibitor of the second and third medium is independently at least oneselected from the group consisting of Y27632, Palomid 529, LY294002,PF562271 and rapamycin. The protein kinase inhibitor is sufficient toreprogram the differentiated non-neural cell into the neural cell.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the first medium maycomprise: 5 μM-20 μM Y27632, 5 ng/ml-20 ng/ml BDNF, 5 ng/ml-20 ng/mlNT3, 0.5 mM-1.5 mM VPA, 25 μM-100 μM dbcAMP, and 0.5 μM-1 μM retinoicacid; the second medium may comprise: 5 μM-20 μM Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27without vitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 100 ng/ml-400 ng/ml SHH, 10 ng/ml-40ng/ml FGF2, 10 ng/ml-40 ng/ml PDGF-AA, and 0.5 μM-1 μM retinoic acid;the third medium may comprise: 5 μM-20 μM Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 withoutvitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 100 ng/ml-400 ng/ml SHH, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/mlNoggin, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/ml dbcAMP, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/ml IGF, 5 ng/ml-20ng/ml NT3, and 0.5 μM-1 μM retinoic acid. Thus, the differentiatednon-neural cell will convert into the neural cell quickly andefficiently when cultured with the medium mentioned above, and theconversion rate is very high.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the first medium maycomprise: 10 μM Y27632, 10 ng/ml BDNF, 10 ng/ml NT3, 1 mM VPA, 50 μMdbcAMP, and 0.5 μM retinoic acid; the second medium may comprise: 10 μMY27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 200 ng/ml SHH, 20ng/ml FGF2, 20 ng/ml PDGF-AA, and 0.5 μM retinoic acid; the third mediummay comprise: 10 μM Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1×Glutamax, 200 ng/ml SHH, 100 ng/ml Noggin, 100 ng/ml dbcAMP, 100 ng/mlIGF, 10 ng/ml NT3, and 0.5 μM retinoic acid. Thus, the differentiatednon-neural cell will convert into the neural cell quickly andefficiently when cultured with the medium mentioned above, and theconversion rate is very high. Besides, the neural cell is suitable forautologous transplantation to treat central nervous system disorder andspinal cord injury with a much lower risk of cancer and teratomaformation, and there is no immune rejection.

In a fourth broad aspect of present disclosure, usage of the kit forpreparing a neural cell is provided. Using the kit of presentdisclosure, large quantities of neural cells can be obtained, and theneural cell is suitable for autologous transplantation to treat centralnervous system disorder and spinal cord injury with a much lower risk ofcancer and teratoma formation, and there is no immune rejection.

In a fifth broad aspect of present disclosure, a method for preparing aneural cell is provided, and according to embodiments of presentdisclosure, the method may comprise:

Culturing a differentiated non-neural cell with a first medium,

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the first medium maycomprise: a first basic medium, a protein kinase inhibitor, BDNF, NT3,VPA, dbcAMP, and retinoic acid, according to embodiments of presentdisclosure, the protein kinase inhibitor is at least one selected fromthe group consisting of ROCK inhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3Kinhibitor, FAK inhibitor and immunosuppresants, according to embodimentsof present disclosure, the protein kinase inhibitor is at least oneselected from the group consisting of Y27632, Palomid 529, LY294002,PF562271 and rapamycin. Using the first medium can directly convert thedifferentiated non-neural cell into the neural cell.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the method for preparinga neural cell further comprises:

Culturing the cell with a second medium or a third medium after theculturing with the first medium.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the second mediumcomprises: a second basic medium, a protein kinase inhibitor, N-2, B-27without vitamin A, Glutamax, SHH, FGF2, PDGF-AA, and retinoic acid, thethird medium comprises: a third basic medium, a protein kinaseinhibitor, N-2, B-27 without vitamin A, Glutamax, SHH, Noggin, dbcAMP,IGF, NT3, and retinoic acid, according to embodiments of presentdisclosure, the protein kinase inhibitor of the second and the thirdmedium is independently at least one selected from the group consistingof ROCK inhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor andimmunosuppresants. Using the second medium or the third medium, thedifferentiated non-neural cell can convert into functional neuron orastrocyte.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the neural cell is atleast one selected from the group consisting of oligodendrocyteprogenitor cell, mature oligodendrocyte, neuron and astrocyte. Theneural cell is suitable for treatment of central nervous system disorderand spinal cord injury with a much lower risk of cancer and teratomaformation, and there is no immune injection.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the differentiatednon-neural cell is at least one selected from the group consisting ofhuman cell, fibroblast cell, epithelial cell, adult cell and neonatalcell. Thus, the differentiated non-neural cell can convert into theneural cell efficiently in the present of the protein kinase inhibitor.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the first basic mediumis neuronal medium, the second basic medium is DMEM/F12 medium, and thethird basic medium is DMEM/F12 medium. The basic mediums mentioned aboveare in favor of the conversion from the differentiated non-neural cellto the neural cell.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the protein kinaseinhibitor of the second and the third medium is independently at leastone selected from the group consisting of Y27632, Palomid 529, LY294002,PF562271 and rapamycin. The protein kinase inhibitor is sufficient toreprogram the differentiated non-neural cell into the neural cell.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the first medium maycomprise: 5 μM-20 μM ROCK inhibitor (Y27632), 5 ng/ml-20 ng/ml BDNF, 5ng/ml-20 ng/ml NT3, 0.5 mM-1.5 mM VPA, 25 μM-100 μM dbcAMP, and 0.5 μM-1μM retinoic acid; the second medium may comprise: 5 μM-20 μM ROCKinhibitor (Y27632), 1×N-2, 1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 100ng/ml-400 ng/ml SHH, 10 ng/ml-40 ng/ml FGF2, 10 ng/ml-40 ng/ml PDGF-AA,and 0.5 μM-1 μM retinoic acid; the third medium may comprise: 5 μM-20 μMROCK inhibitor (Y27632), 1×N-2, 1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1× Glutamax,100 ng/ml-400 ng/ml SHH, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/ml Noggin, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/mldbcAMP, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/ml IGF, 5 ng/ml-20 ng/ml NT3, and 0.5 μM-1 μMretinoic acid. Thus, the differentiated non-neural cell will convertinto the neural cell quickly and efficiently when cultured with themedium mentioned above, and the conversion rate is very high.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the first medium maycomprise: 10 μM Y27632, 10 ng/ml BDNF, 10 ng/ml NT3, 1 mM VPA, 50 μMdbcAMP, and 0.5 μM retinoic acid; the second medium may comprise: 10 μMY27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 200 ng/ml SHH, 20ng/ml FGF2, 20 ng/ml PDGF-AA, and 0.5 μM retinoic acid; the third mediummay comprise: 10 μM Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1×Glutamax, 200 ng/ml SHH, 100 ng/ml Noggin, 100 ng/ml dbcAMP, 100 ng/mlIGF, 10 ng/ml NT3, and 0.5 μM retinoic acid. Thus, the differentiatednon-neural cell will convert into the neural cell quickly andefficiently when cultured with the medium mentioned above, and theconversion rate is very high. Besides, the neural cell is suitable forautologous transplantation to treat central nervous system disorder andspinal cord injury with a much lower risk of cancer and teratomaformation, and there is no immune rejection.

In a sixth broad aspect of present disclosure, a neural cell or theirderivative is provided, and according to embodiments of presentdisclosure, the neural cell or their derivative obtainable by the methodfor preparing a neural cell. The neural cell or its derivative issuitable for the treatment of central nervous system disorder and spinalcord injury.

In a seventh broad aspect of present disclosure, usage of the neuralcell or their derivative in preparing a drug for the treatment ofcentral nervous system disorder and spinal cord injury is provided.

According to embodiments of present disclosure, the central nervoussystem disorder is at least one selected from the group consisting ofAlzheimer's Disease, Parkinsin's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,Multiple Sclerosis, and Leukodystrophies.

Example 1 Screening of Protein Kinase Inhibitor Library

1. Coated cell culture 24-well plate with 0.1 mg/ml Poly-L-ornithinesolution (sigma, P4957) for at least 3 hours. Then washed wells 3 timeswith autoclaved MilliQ water, 5 mins per time.

2. Added 500 ul/well of 2 pg/ml Fibronectin (sigma, F0556) and 10 pg/mlLaminin (ROCHE, 11243217001) solution in 1×PBS and placed in incubatorovernight to coat.

3. Aspirated the Fibronectin/Laminin solution from the wells, washedwith culture medium. 4. Plated fibroblast cells with Basic Medium at2×10̂4 cells (human adult dermal fibroblasts, ATCC, PCS-201-012) perwell, cultured overnight. The Basic Medium comprises: DMEM high glucose(HyClone, SH30022), 10% FBS (Fisher Scientific, SH3007003), 10 mM HEPES(CORNING 25060-CL), 1×MEM NEAA (100×) (GIBCO, 11140) (MEM Non-EssentialAmino Acids Solution), 1 mM Na Pyruvate (GIBCO, 25000),1×2-Mercaptoethanol (1000×) (GIBCO, 21985), 1× Glutamax (100×) (GIBCO,35050), penicillin/streptomycin.

5. Aspirated Basic Medium from the wells.

6. Washed with PBS once.

7. Fed wells with Induction Medium. Changed medium every two days. TheInduction Medium comprises: Neuronal Medium (ScienCell, 1521), 10 ng/mlBDNF (PROSPEC, CYT-207) (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor), 10 ng/mlNT3 (PROSPEC, CYT-257) (neurotrophin 3), 1 mM VPA (sigma, P4543)(Valproic acid sodium salt), 50 μM dbcAMP (sigma, D0627) (Dibutyryl cAMPsodium salt), penicillin/streptomycin, 0.5 μM RA (Retinoic acid) (sigma,R2625), 2 μM protein inhibitor (protein kinase inhibitor library,Library I, II, III: 240 inhibitors, Calbiochem, Cat#539744, 539745 &539746).

8. When cells changed their morphology into neural-like cells (about 7days from fibroblasts seeding), cultured cells with Mature Medium or OPCmedium (DMEM/F12, Invitrogen, 11320), 1×N-2 (R&D Systems), 1×B-27without vitamin A (Invitrogen), 1× Glutamax (GIBCO, 35050), 200 ng/mlSHH (R&D Systems), 20 ng/ml FGF2 (R&D Systems), 20 ng/ml PDGF-AA (R&DSystems), secondary antibody, 10 μM Y-27632 (Enzo Life Sciences,ALX-270-333-M005), 0.5 μM RA (Sigma, R2625) for induction of OPCs.

Inventors found that addition of kinase inhibitors can generate neuralcells from human adult dermal fibroblasts with high efficiency indefined neural induction media, whereas no conversion was observedwithout kinase inhibitor. In particular, inventors observed that asubpopulation of fibroblasts underwent a marked morphological change inonly 3-7 days in neural induction medium with kinase inhibitortreatments, from large, flat, spindle shaped cells (fibroblasts) tosmall, bi- of multi-polar cells, termed iOPCs (FIG. 1b ). After theinitial screening, inventors selected the top 5 candidate inhibitorsthat efficiently induced fibroblast—OPC conversion for further analysis(FIG. 1c ) and found that using a ROCK inhibitor (Y27632) with retinoicacid (RA) converted human fibroblasts into iOPCs with the highestefficiency (˜80%, FIG. 1c ).

Example 2

Using the same method with EXAMPLE 1, cultured fiber cell line IMR90 andWI38 with neural induction medium including 10 μM Y27632, Palomid 529,LY294002, PF562271 or rapamycin. The result showed that: cultured for aperiod of time with neural induction medium including the protein kinaseinhibitor, both of the fiber cell line IMR90 and WI38 converted intoneural cell, FIG. 1 showed the picture of the induced neural cells.

Example 3

After 7-day induction with ROCK inhibitor treatment, cells were fixedand analyzed by immunostaining of the OPC-specific biomarker, O4.Immunofluorescence staining was performed as following steps:

Briefly, 5×10⁴ modified human fibroblasts were planted on coated glasscoverslips the day before induction. After induction, cells were fixedfor 20 min at room temperature in 4% paraformaldehyde in PBS,permeabilized for 30 min in PBS containing 0.2% Triton X-100 and 10%normal goat serum (NGS), and incubated overnight at 4° C. in PBScontaining 10% NGS and primary antibodies. Then cells were washed threetimes with PBS and incubated for 2 h at room temperature withanti-rabbit or anti-mouse secondary antibodies Alexa Fluor-488 or AlexaFluor-594 (1:500, Invitrogen). The images were acquired byimmunofluorescence microscope or Zeiss LSM 510 META confocal microscopewith 40×, 1.3 numerical aperture oil-immersion objective.

The following antibodies were used for the immunofluorescence studies:mouse anti-04 (Millipore, 1:50), rabbit anti-NF (Sigma-Aldrich, 1:1000),mouse anti-A2B5 (Millipore, 1:50), MBP (1:100, Covance; 1:100, Abcam),MAG (Millipore, 1:50), MOG (Millipore, 1:50).

The result showed that about 80% of dermal fibroblasts were converted toO4-positive cells with characteristic morphology of oligodendrocyteprogenitor cells (OPC) (FIG. 2a ). Furthermore, these O4 positive cellsalso showed positive staining with two additional OPC markers, A2B5 andS100β (FIG. 2a ). In contrast, after 4 weeks in the same inductionmedium without ROCK inhibitor, cells kept fibroblast morphology withnegative staining of O4, A2B5, and S100β (data not shown). These resultssuggest that ROCK inhibitor leads to direct conversion of humanfibroblasts to iOPCs. To confirm conversion of fibroblasts to iOPCs byROCK inhibitor, additional two human primary fibroblast cell lines,IMR90 and WI38, were tested using the same fibroblast—OPC conversionconditions. Consistent with the results from adult dermal cells,inventors observed 60-80% of fibroblast—OPC conversion in these two celllines (data not shown). Next, inventors assessed whether the iOPCs coulddifferentiate into mature oligodendrocytes. After removing growthfactors and addition of thyroid hormone (a known inducer ofoligodendrocyte differentiation) in cell culture medium, about 70% ofthe iOPCs differentiated into cells with a multiprocessed morphologytypical of oligodendrocytes within 3-7 days (FIG. 2b ). Theoligodendrocytes expressed myelin basic protein (MBP), an integralprotein component of the myelin sheath, and other defining markers ofmature oligodendrocytes, including myelin-associated glycoprotein andmyelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (FIG. 2b ). Thus, inventorsconcluded that ROCK inhibitor-induced iOPCs can be furtherdifferentiated into mature functional oligodendrocytes.

Example 4

ROCK is a kinase belonging to the AGC (PKA/PKG/PKC) family ofserine-threonine kinases, including ROCK1 and ROCK2 in mammals (human,rat, mouse). ROCK1 is mainly expressed in the lung, liver, spleen,kidney and testis, while ROCK2 is distributed mostly in the brain andheart. To determine if the Rho-ROCK pathway is involved infibroblast-OPC conversion, inventors examined the effects of ROCKknockdown on fibroblast-OPC conversion. Lentiviral constructs expressingshort hairpin RNAs (Sigma-Aldrich, TRCN0000342532, TRCN0000342473)against ROCK2 gene were transfected to human adult dermal fibroblasts.Transfected cells showed significantly reduced ROCK2 expression (FIG. 3a) and gave a fibroblast-OPC conversion rate (60-80%) similar to that ofROCK inhibitor treatment. The iOPCs induced by ROCK2 knockdown showedpositive staining for OPC markers O4, A2B5 and S100β (FIG. 3b ).Moreover, these iOPCs differentiated into cells with typicaloligodendrocytes morphology with positive staining of OL markers MBP,MAC, and MOG (FIG. 3c ). This result further confirmed that ROCK2 kinaseis involved in conversion of fibroblast to neural cells.

Example 5

Inventors hypothesize that ROCK inhibitor induces fibroblast-OPCconversion by regulating a set of neural transcription factors. Toanalyze the similarities among iOPCs, human brain-derived OPCs, iOLs andparental fibroblasts, inventors generated comparative global geneexpression data by microarray analysis.

Microarray analysis was performed at the Washington University GenomeCenter. Briefly, Illumina HumanHT-12 v4 Expression BeadChip was used andsamples were labeled by biotin. The Direct Hybridization Assay wasperformed and the data were scanned on the BeadArray Reader. Scannedimages were quantitated by Illumina Beadscan, v3. Quantitative data wasimported into Illumina GenomeStudio software and normalized byIllumina's quantile method. The quantile-normalizedbackground-subtracted data were calculated in excel. The data werefiltered based on the average signal, and set the baseline as 50 so thatonly the genes of which average signal >50 could be used for furtheranalysis. To each gene, maximum and minimum signal values were selected,and then divided between them. Only the genes of the division value >3were selected and considered as differently expressed. All of thedifferently expressed genes were clustered by using MeV software.

To determine the relationship among fibroblasts and iOPC, brain-derivedOPC and iOL cells, each sample was analyzed respectively. Data werefiltered based on average signal and baseline was set as 50 to increasethe sensitivity. Differently expressed genes were selected by 3 foldschanged as threshold. To examine the potential OPC differentiationpathways relevant to the immortalization, all OPC differentiation genesfrom Gene Ontology Website (http://www.geneontology.org/, GO: 0030182)were compared with the microarray data. For gene enrichment analysis,inventors used web-based Gorilla program(http://cbl-gorilla.cs.technion.ac.il/).

Microarray data were quantile-normalized and filtered based on theaverage signal, and differently expressed genes were selected forfurther analysis. Hierarchical cluster analysis revealed a significantdifference of gene expression profiles between iOPC cells and theirparental fibroblasts (FIG. 4a ), suggesting that iOPCs are clearlydistinct from parental fibroblasts. Further, clustering analysis ofglobal gene expression revealed that the transcription profile of ROCKinhibitor-induced iOPCs were tightly clustered with the transcriptionprofile of human brain-derived OPCs and were distant from the profile ofthe parental fibroblasts (FIGS. 4a and b ). By analysis of the 4-foldschanged genes of the microarray data, iOPCs and brain-derived OPCsshowed significant gene expression overlap for neural transcriptionfactors (data not shown). For gene enrichment analysis, inventors foundthat particular markers of different germ layers were significantlychanged in iOPCs, compared with those in parental fibroblasts (data notshown). Inventors also analyzed expressions of fibroblast specific genesduring OPC conversion. Expressions of 68 fibroblast specific genes weresignificantly changed in iOPCs compared to the parental fibroblasts,whereas 51 out of 68 changed genes showed the same expression patternbetween iOPCs and brain-derived OPCs. These data suggest that there maybe permanent down-regulation of a set of fibroblast specific genesduring OPC conversion. Taken together, these findings indicate that thegenetic trans-differentiation erased the majority of the evidentexpression hallmarks of the cell of origin, whereas specificallyinducing the OPC phenotype.

Example 6

To examine the in-vivo myelinating capacity of iOPCs, inventorsimplanted them in the demyelinated corpus callosum of cuprizone-fedmice. C57BL/6 mice were put on a diet of 0.2% (w/w) cuprizone (SigmaAldrich), a copper chelator. This diet leads to selectiveoligodendrocyte death followed by demyelination of axons mainly in thecorpus callosum. Feeding cuprizone diet for a longer term (>12 weeks)results in depletion of the pool of endogenous OPCs in the corpuscallosum and finally leads to its complete demyelination. At 12 weeksafter the start of the cuprizone diet, mice were divided into threegroups one group (n=6) received a ROCK inhibitor iOPCs (7 D induction)in PBS and a second group (n=3) was given PBS only, and a third group(n=3) was injected with parental fibroblasts (n=3). On the day oftransplantation, cells were harvested with accutase, counted, andresuspended at concentration of 25,000 cells/W. Four microliters of cellsuspension was injected into corpus callosum of C57BL/6 mice using thefollowing stereotactic co-ordinates (in reference to Bregma point):10.98 mm (anterioposterior axis), 21.75 mm (lateromedial axis), 22.25 mm(vertical axis), suspensions of 100,000 cells in 4 W PBS were slowlyinjected into the corpus callosum of ketamine-anesthetized mice using a10 W Hamilton injection syringe (22 s/200/3) (Hamilton, Reno, Nev.,80365). After the implantation of the iOPCs, mice were taken off thecuprizone diet and put back on normal diet to avoid degeneration of theimplanted OPCs by cuprizone. Mice with implantation of iOPCs wereperfusion fixated at 4 weeks for IHC analysis.

IHC analysis was performed as previously described. Briefly, mice wereperfused transcardially with 4% PFA under isoflurane anaesthesia. Brainswere excised and sectioned on a cryostat for immunohistochemicalanalysis of the cell implants. Implanted cells were identified by theirinclusion of GFP. To analyze the differentiation of the implanted cells,the primary antibodies were used described in antibody section.Subsequently, various fluorescent secondary antibodies were used tovisualize the specific primary immunoreaction product in single anddouble immunohistochemical stainings.

Immunohistochemistry revealed that only ˜20% of the implanted cellssurvived (FIG. 5a ). Surviving iOPCs developed into matureMBP-expressing OLs that contributed to the remyelination of the corpuscallosum axons (FIG. 5b ). Confocal microscopy revealed that MBP+tube-like structures surrounded neurofilament-positive axons, indicatingoligodendroglial ensheathment of host axons by the implanted iOPCs (FIG.5c ). No similar structures were observed in nontransplanted brains(parental fibroblasts or PBS injection, n=3 each; no injection of theleft side, n=12). These results demonstrated that ROCK inhibitor inducedOPCs can give rise to myelinating oligodendrocytes in vivo.

Example 7

To assess the general application of ROCK inhibitor for directconversion of different neural cells, inventors tweaked the protocol forinduction of iOPCs and successfully converted fibroblasts to typicalneurons and astrocytes. using the following procedure:

at Day 1, coat tissue culture 24-well plate with 0.1 mg/mlPoly-L-ornithine solution (sigma, P4957) for at least 3 hours; washwells 3 times with autoclaved MilliQ water, 5 mins each; add 500 ul/wellof 2 μg/ml Fibronectin (sigma, F0556) and 10 μg/ml Laminin (ROCHE,11243217001) solution in 1×PBS and place in incubator overnight to coat.At Day 2, aspirate the F/L solution from the well, wash with basicmedium and plate fibroblast cells with basic medium at 2×10̂4 cells perwell. At Day 3, aspirate basic medium from the well, wash with PBS once,and feed cells with induction medium. From Day 6-10, when cells changetheir morphology into neural-like cells, culture cells with maturemedium or OPC medium.

ROCK inhibitor-induced neurons and astrocytes showed cell type—specificmorphology and biomarkers. For example, induced neuronal cells (iNCs)showed positive staining of neuronal biomarkers Tuj and MAP2 and neuronexcitation (FIGS. 6 and 7); whereas induced astrocytes showed positivestaining of astrocyte-specific biomarker, GFAP (FIG. 8). These resultsdemonstrated the general applicability of ROCK inhibitor for inductionof all kinds of neural cells, neurons, and glials, although furtheroptimization will be needed for direct conversion of individual celltypes.

In the specification, terms such as “first” and “second” are used hereinfor purposes of description and are not intended to indicate or implyrelative importance or significance.

Reference throughout this specification to “an embodiment,” “someembodiments,” “one embodiment”, “another example,” “an example,” “aspecific examples,” or “some examples,” means that a particular feature,structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with theembodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or exampleof the present disclosure. Thus, the appearances of the phrases such as“in some embodiments,” “in one embodiment”, “in an embodiment”, “inanother example, “in an example,” “in a specific examples,” or “in someexamples,” in various places throughout this specification are notnecessarily referring to the same embodiment or example of the presentdisclosure. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials,or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or moreembodiments or examples.

Although explanatory embodiments have been shown and described, it wouldbe appreciated by those skilled in the art that the above embodimentscannot be construed to limit the present disclosure, and changes,alternatives, and modifications can be made in the embodiments withoutdeparting from spirit, principles and scope of the present disclosure.

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 6. A method for preparing a neural cell, comprising:culturing a differentiated non-neural cell in the presence of a proteinkinase inhibitor.
 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the protein kinaseinhibitor is at least one selected from the group consisting of ROCKinhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor andimmunosuppresants.
 8. The method of claim 7, wherein the protein kinaseinhibitor is at least one selected from the group consisting of ROCKinhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor andrapamycin, and preferably the protein kinase inhibitor is at leaseselected from the group consisting of Y27632, Palomid 529, LY294002,PF562271 and rapamycin.
 9. The method of claim 6, wherein the neuralcell is at least one selected from the group consisting ofoligodendrocyte progenitor cell, mature oligodendrocyte, neuron andastrocyte.
 10. The method of claim 6, wherein the differentiatednon-neural cell is at least one selected from the group consisting ofhuman cell, fibroblast cell, epithelial cell, adult cell and neonatalcell.
 11. A kit, comprising: a first medium comprising: a first basicmedium, a protein kinase inhibitor, BDNF, NT3, VPA, dbcAMP, and Retinoicacid, wherein the protein kinase inhibitor is at least one selected fromthe group consisting of ROCK inhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3Kinhibitor, FAK inhibitor and immunosuppresants.
 12. The kit of claim 11,further comprising at least one of a second medium and a third medium,wherein the second medium comprising: a second basic medium, a proteinkinase inhibitor, N-2, B-27 without vitamin A, Glutamax, SHH, FGF2,PDGF-AA, and Retinoic acid, wherein the third medium comprising: a thirdbasic medium, a protein kinase inhibitor, N-2, B-27 without vitamin A,Glutamax, SHH, T3, Noggin, dbcAMP, IGF, NT3, and Retinoic acid, andwherein the protein kinase inhibitor of the second and third medium isindependently at least one selected from the group consisting of ROCKinhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAK inhibitor andimmunosuppresants.
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 14. The kit of claim 12, wherein thefirst basic medium is neuronal medium, the second basic medium isDMEM/F12 medium, the third basic medium is DMEM/F12 medium.
 15. The kitof claim 12, wherein the protein kinase inhibitor of the second andthird medium is independently at least one selected from the groupconsisting of Y27632, Palomid 529, LY294002, PF562271 and rapamycin. 16.The kit of claim 12, wherein the first medium comprises: 5 μM-20 μMY27632, 5 ng/ml-20 ng/ml BDNF, 5 ng/ml-20 ng/ml NT3, 0.5 mM-1.5 mM VPA,25 μM-100 μM dbcAMP, and 0.5 μM-1 μM retinoic acid, the second mediumcomprises: 5 μM-20 μM Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1×Glutamax, 100 ng/ml-400 ng/ml SHH, 10 ng/ml-40 ng/ml FGF2, 10 ng/ml-40ng/ml PDGF-AA, and 0.5 μM-1 μM retinoic acid, the third mediumcomprises: 5 μM-20 μM Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1×Glutamax, 100 ng/ml-400 ng/ml SHH, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/ml Noggin, 50ng/ml-200 ng/ml dbcAMP, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/ml IGF, 5 ng/ml-20 ng/ml NT3,and 0.5 μM-1 μM retinoic acid.
 17. The kit of claim 16, wherein thefirst medium comprises: 10 μM Y27632, 10 ng/ml BDNF, 10 ng/ml NT3, 1 mMVPA, 50 μM dbcAMP, and 0.5 μM retinoic acid, the second mediumcomprises: 10 μM Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1× Glutamax,200 ng/ml SHH, 20 ng/ml FGF2, 20 ng/ml PDGF-AA, and 0.5 μM retinoicacid, the third medium comprises: 10 μM Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 withoutvitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 200 ng/ml SHH, 100 ng/ml Noggin, 100 ng/mldbcAMP, 100 ng/ml IGF, 10 ng/ml NT3, and 0.5 μM retinoic acid. 18.(canceled)
 19. A method for preparing a neural cell, comprising:culturing a differentiated non-neural cell with a first medium, whereinthe first medium comprises: a first basic medium, a protein kinaseinhibitor, BDNF, NT3, VPA, dbcAMP, and Retinoic acid, wherein theprotein kinase inhibitor is at least one selected from the groupconsisting of ROCK inhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3K inhibitor, FAKinhibitor and immunosuppresants.
 20. The method of claim 19, furthercomprising: culturing the cell with a second medium or a third mediumafter the culturing with the first medium, wherein the second mediumcomprises: a second basic medium, a protein kinase inhibitor, N-2, B-27without vitamin A, Glutamax, SHH, FGF2, PDGF-AA, and Retinoic acid, thethird medium comprises: a third basic medium, a protein kinaseinhibitor, N-2, B-27 without vitamin A, Glutamax, SHH, Noggin, dbcAMP,IGF, NT3, and Retinoic acid, and wherein the protein kinase inhibitor ofthe second and the third medium is independently at least one selectedfrom the group consisting of ROCK inhibitor, AKT/mTOR inhibitor, PI3Kinhibitor, FAK inhibitor and immunosuppresants.
 21. The method of claim19, wherein the neural cell is at least one selected from the groupconsisting of oligodendrocyte progenitor cell, mature oligodendrocyte,neuron and astrocyte.
 22. The method of claim 19, wherein thedifferentiated non-neural cell is at least one selected from the groupconsisting of human cell, fibroblast cell, epithelial cell, adult celland neonatal cell.
 23. The method of claim 20, wherein the first basicmedium is neuronal medium, the second basic medium is DMEM/F12 medium,the third basic medium is DMEM/F12 medium.
 24. The method of claim 20,wherein the protein kinase inhibitor is at least one selected from thegroup consisting of Y27632, Palomid 529, LY294002, PF562271 andrapamycin.
 25. The method of claim 20, wherein the first mediumcomprises: 5 μM-20 μM ROCK inhibitor (Y27632), 5 ng/ml-20 ng/ml BDNF, 5ng/ml-20 ng/ml NT3, 0.5 mM-1.5 mM VPA, 25 μM-100 μM dbcAMP, and 0.5 μM-1μM retinoic acid; the second medium comprises 5 μM-20 μM Y27632, 1×N-2,1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 100 ng/ml-400 ng/ml SHH, 10ng/ml-40 ng/ml FGF2, 10 ng/ml-40 ng/ml PDGF-AA, and 0.5 μM-1 μM retinoicacid; the third medium comprises: 5 μM-20 μM Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27without vitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 100 ng/ml-400 ng/ml SHH, 50 ng/ml-200ng/ml Noggin, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/ml dbcAMP, 50 ng/ml-200 ng/ml IGF, 5ng/ml-20 ng/ml NT3, and 0.5 μM-1 μM retinoic acid.
 26. The method ofclaim 25, wherein the first medium comprises: 10 μM Y27632, 10 ng/mlBDNF, 10 ng/ml NT3, 1 mM VPA, 50 μM dbcAMP, and 0.5 μM retinoic acid;the second medium comprises: 10 μM Y27632, 1×N-2, 1×B-27 without vitaminA, 1× Glutamax, 200 ng/ml SHH, 20 ng/ml FGF2, 20 ng/ml PDGF-AA, and 0.5μM retinoic acid; the third medium comprises: 10 μM Y27632, 1×N-2,1×B-27 without vitamin A, 1× Glutamax, 200 ng/ml SHH, 100 ng/ml Noggin,100 ng/ml dbcAMP, 100 ng/ml IGF, 10 ng/ml NT3, and 0.5 μM retinoic acid.27. (canceled)
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